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one was on sandy, the other was on raising taxes. in both cases obama had a bipartisan majority in the house. that is a governing majority. he's going to have it on immigration and also on the debt ceiling. not sure he's going to have it on guns, but he's going to drive the really hard-line republicans crazy because he's going to be able to break off 40 or 50 of them for all these other things. chris: that seems to be true as much as the opposition is hotter and perhaps hardening out there on the right. it does seem that the center right and the center are in play and obama is making his move toward them successfully. >> their governing philosophy coming in is that the fever would break among the tea party folks, among the hard right, and also that just folks in the house would sort of move to the boehner philosophy, which is a governing philosophy. the sort of -- chris: in other words, you don't need a majority of the republicans to rule. >> you break the rule, which is what he's done on these big-ticket items. they have been meetin
one was on sandy, the other was on raising taxes. in both cases obama had a bipartisan majority in the house. that is a governing majority. he's going to have it on immigration and also on the debt ceiling. not sure he's going to have it on guns, but he's going to drive the really hard-line republicans crazy because he's going to be able to break off 40 or 50 of them for all these other things. chris: that seems to be true as much as the opposition is hotter and perhaps hardening out there on...
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there's been $600 billion in tax increases made on the books. that's over $2 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. doesn't get us all the way there, but it does get us largely about two-thirds of the way there to debt stabilization, at least within a ten-year budget window. >> russ, what do you think? of course, we are approaching this with caution. we know that there's going to be more back and forth. in the middle of it all, we have earnings season. you know, already some people are saying that this anticipation of all of these cliffs, cliff after cliff, has already impacted the earnings period. what are you looking at? what are you seeing from the fourth quarter reporting season so far? it's been a big week obviously this week for financials. >> we're seeing decent performance. i think compliments to corporate america. they've been able to grind out strong earnings growth with a relatively weak recovery. margins remain much higher than people thought. this has helped. we're seeing a recovery in the rest of the world. that's also helpe
there's been $600 billion in tax increases made on the books. that's over $2 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. doesn't get us all the way there, but it does get us largely about two-thirds of the way there to debt stabilization, at least within a ten-year budget window. >> russ, what do you think? of course, we are approaching this with caution. we know that there's going to be more back and forth. in the middle of it all, we have earnings season. you know, already some people...
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thinkshis governnt should do more to help the elderly and the vulnerable and less to help millionaires with tax cuts? >> as i just said, we are doing more to help elderly and the vulnerable. a record state increase, bigger than what the party opposite would have done keeping cold weather payments at the higher level that the last government only introduced before the election. keeping our promise on winter fuel payments, taking all of those steps and making sure, again, something never done by the party opposite that energy companies will have to put people on the lowest tariffs. that is a record we can be proud of. >> steve basic. >> mr. speaker -- [inaudible] my constituency is enb during a hideous regulatory fast thanks to the health and safety executive and the european union. the british economy is very reliant on smallnd medium businesses far less able to cope with bad regulation particularly when it's badly administer inside the u.k. >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. businesses large andsml are complaining about the burden of regulation. not just the burden of regular ration fr
thinkshis governnt should do more to help the elderly and the vulnerable and less to help millionaires with tax cuts? >> as i just said, we are doing more to help elderly and the vulnerable. a record state increase, bigger than what the party opposite would have done keeping cold weather payments at the higher level that the last government only introduced before the election. keeping our promise on winter fuel payments, taking all of those steps and making sure, again, something never...
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how big of a hit from the tax increaseses, payroll tax holiday, and what do those numbers which may be a bit on the soft side do to stocks? >> absolutely. that is the question of the day, isn't it, jared. the ceiling debate, the u.s. set to hit that $16 trillion limit on borrowing in the next month if we haven't hit it yet. let's take a listen to what president obama had to say out the potentialal battle looming congress. >> markets could go haywire, interest rates would spike for anybody who borrows money. every homeowner with a mortgage, every student with a college loan, every small business own whole wants to grow and hire. >> jared, how does this play out? >> well, we're beginning to hear lots of sounds from republicans at we're in a compromising mode than we heard, say, a week ago. right now they're talking about perhaps an increase in the debt ceiling that lasts for a couple of m months, that is offering tt to the president. frankly, and russ say agree with me here, i don't think markets would react to -- very approvingly to basically just another lurch from crisis to crisis. it
how big of a hit from the tax increaseses, payroll tax holiday, and what do those numbers which may be a bit on the soft side do to stocks? >> absolutely. that is the question of the day, isn't it, jared. the ceiling debate, the u.s. set to hit that $16 trillion limit on borrowing in the next month if we haven't hit it yet. let's take a listen to what president obama had to say out the potentialal battle looming congress. >> markets could go haywire, interest rates would spike for...
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they file taxes. now, i know you are against refunds, but do you think it's possible they delay refunds? >> i'm hopeful it's not. i think the reality is congress will do the right thing. possibly suspend the debt ceiling, allow for, you know, lenders to get paid both, you know, people holding treasuries as well as people who are actually lending the government money expecting a refund. gerri: if this gambit from the republicans does not work, are some at risk after not getting the refund? >> anything's possible. look, at the end of the day, if the ceiling is not raised and restrict expenses somewhere, refunds could be down the road. irs says if you electronically file, expect a refund within ten days, similar to last year, but, you know, they could say that now not knowing what's going to happen just, you know, a few weeks from now. gerri: we have no idea. the reality is the irs does not control this. >> absolutely not. gerri: that they have to react,d it takes a long time to make changes that need to
they file taxes. now, i know you are against refunds, but do you think it's possible they delay refunds? >> i'm hopeful it's not. i think the reality is congress will do the right thing. possibly suspend the debt ceiling, allow for, you know, lenders to get paid both, you know, people holding treasuries as well as people who are actually lending the government money expecting a refund. gerri: if this gambit from the republicans does not work, are some at risk after not getting the refund?...
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he should recommend a creative revision of the tax laws, the serious debt and debt reduction program. he should have congress enacted budget which has not occurred for the past three years. he might come up with a proposal for inventing public-private partnerships to improve infrastructure, including the electric grid. and, of course, continue to encourage energy independence. the resolution of the supply of unfilled housing should be tried but only if a reelected barack obama can somehow find a unique instrument required to work with this administration to move to the center and discover ways to reach meaningful compromise with the congresswoman to pass legislation that this country so desperately needs. although it's not a -- one can ask will he be reelected. historically rarely have presidents been real elected to a second term with popular ratings in the 40% level, which is where obama rests, but so does romney. interesting to note that only three of the 19 presidents elected to a second term as relatively less popularity ratings at the time of their reelection. these are woodrow
he should recommend a creative revision of the tax laws, the serious debt and debt reduction program. he should have congress enacted budget which has not occurred for the past three years. he might come up with a proposal for inventing public-private partnerships to improve infrastructure, including the electric grid. and, of course, continue to encourage energy independence. the resolution of the supply of unfilled housing should be tried but only if a reelected barack obama can somehow find...
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here is what they know, they have to have something on offer, because they got creamed on the tax issue, nothing on offer, no chips in the game. they had extension of tax rates, but they weren't passing anything, sitting around and pounding the table and weren't saying this is what we have. now it's up to john boehner and his team to coax out of this conference, who is very skeptical of him because of the deal he did on the tax rates and they look at him askance and what do you want to do, obamacare, the health care law and other things that might include giving the president a debt ceiling increase until the end of his term if he's willing to agree in big changes in entitlement programs. they've got to come up with something. >> megyn: they have to come up with a game plan. we saw with the fiscal cliff negotiations the end of the year they were divided and boehner couldn't sort of corral his house republicans to be on the same page and so now he's trying to do that and to get reelected speaker, he says i'm going to listen to you, i'll be your choice. now, the question, chris, whether y
here is what they know, they have to have something on offer, because they got creamed on the tax issue, nothing on offer, no chips in the game. they had extension of tax rates, but they weren't passing anything, sitting around and pounding the table and weren't saying this is what we have. now it's up to john boehner and his team to coax out of this conference, who is very skeptical of him because of the deal he did on the tax rates and they look at him askance and what do you want to do,...
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provided health insurance for children who did not have it, if they had helped set up an earned income tax credit to people who really needed it, those kinds of messages are ones that would appeal across race, region, and class. >> most people with political ambitions spent years trying to gain name recognition and a seat at the table of national politics. state senator, was not just another political figure. for months to the day after his first appearance with us in 2004 he had delivered what many described as one of the most electrifying keynote speeches in american history at the democratic national convention that year in boston. tavis: it is fascinating to me, coming into the national consciousness as we were talking the other day, we were talking and it was fascinating to sit here in this hall and watch you come into the process of -- consciousness of everyone across the country. >> the nice thing aside from having a wife who has a great sense of humor and does not take this stuff too seriously, to remind you of who you are, what i tried to do in that speech is give voice to what i
provided health insurance for children who did not have it, if they had helped set up an earned income tax credit to people who really needed it, those kinds of messages are ones that would appeal across race, region, and class. >> most people with political ambitions spent years trying to gain name recognition and a seat at the table of national politics. state senator, was not just another political figure. for months to the day after his first appearance with us in 2004 he had...
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>> we have a history and, if you look at ronald reagan he accomplished tax reform in the second term and president clinton made progress towards the balanced budget. there was good second-term accomplishment. it is not like we're roaming around the white house looking for things to do. we have immigration, gun safety, measures to help the economy and energy and we have a stack agenda here. there is urgency in the country for us to address this. we'll bring the same energy and focus he did to the second term. obviously, other administrations got, you know, in trouble with scandals. we avoided that and hope to continue that. but, those issues and others, education reform, there is just no shortage of things we can do to help the american middle class and the economy. we're going to pursue those and we are mindful of it and i think you have to stay connected with what you ran on and you can't bring stuff out of thin air, you know, i think one of the problems with the social security privatization effort during the bush administration was that wasn't really a core thing that he campaigne
>> we have a history and, if you look at ronald reagan he accomplished tax reform in the second term and president clinton made progress towards the balanced budget. there was good second-term accomplishment. it is not like we're roaming around the white house looking for things to do. we have immigration, gun safety, measures to help the economy and energy and we have a stack agenda here. there is urgency in the country for us to address this. we'll bring the same energy and focus he did...
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they feel they got their taxes hiked. >> i would be surprised if we are talking taxes. >>neil: what are we talking? autumnized deductions. >>neil: they were almost trimmed back, right? >> first, the goal would be to get four plus trillion. it would be great to get 2.5-1, spending cuts to revenues. >>neil: not 40-1. you think the ratio will be more even. >> it will be if you include the first $1.2 trillion part of the budget control act, you will see that is proposal the next that is more 1-1 so you will see around 2-1 i think. >>neil: we could argue over that. >> we argued before. i won that. >>neil: whatever. could i get your sense of where this is going? with the republican mood today trying to postpone the delegate sealing deadline for a few months, they trying to get their ducks in order, they are trying to get the immediate pressure off as much as the country but what do you think the markets which are closed, with do in reaction to the constant kicking the can. >> i am surprised by the buoyancy of the market. the next 45 to 60 days has incredible uncertainty. the
they feel they got their taxes hiked. >> i would be surprised if we are talking taxes. >>neil: what are we talking? autumnized deductions. >>neil: they were almost trimmed back, right? >> first, the goal would be to get four plus trillion. it would be great to get 2.5-1, spending cuts to revenues. >>neil: not 40-1. you think the ratio will be more even. >> it will be if you include the first $1.2 trillion part of the budget control act, you will see that is...
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ending inequality, making people pay their fair share of taxes, finding a way out of the student debt slavery, finding ways to keep people in their homes, stopping the evictions, making sure that those who got us into the economic mess, the bankers and wall street, be held accountable -- and getting money out of our politics. [applause] >> one place you want to occupy for sure is the white house. goldman sachs, these guys are continuing to run economic policy. it is goldman sachs. i am sorry. they're all goldman sachs alums. the bill back to goldman sachs. they go back into government. -- they all go back to goldman sachs. they go back into government. it is a white house issued. >> this goes back to the media in a way. i will go back to goldman sachs if i must. remember in august when there were about 1200 people doing civil disobedience around the white house protesting the keystone pipeline. the corporate mainstream media was like this on that. imagine if 1200 tea party members hitched themselves to the date of the white house. when occupy launched in september in new york and then
ending inequality, making people pay their fair share of taxes, finding a way out of the student debt slavery, finding ways to keep people in their homes, stopping the evictions, making sure that those who got us into the economic mess, the bankers and wall street, be held accountable -- and getting money out of our politics. [applause] >> one place you want to occupy for sure is the white house. goldman sachs, these guys are continuing to run economic policy. it is goldman sachs. i am...
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you may remember, early january, congress reached a last-minute deal to avoid automatic tax increases. that relief was only temporary. harsh spending cuts go into effect in march unless there is another deal. america will hit their borrowing limit at that time. congress cannot reach -- if congress cannot reach an agreement, consequences are severe. experts say that america faces a budget crisis like no other unless politicians can agree on those spending cuts and the increase in borrowing. >> he really is confronted with and will be preoccupied for the next several months with this huge fiscal problems in the united states. projections of deficits that are enormous and a clear disagreement between the president's and members of his party and the republicans in congress over what to do with it. >> let's talk about this shocking report that we have both been mentioning. the global economic downturn has hit women and girls the hardest. many households have coped with the economic pressure of the last few years by taking their children, their girls, of the school to help at home. the numb
you may remember, early january, congress reached a last-minute deal to avoid automatic tax increases. that relief was only temporary. harsh spending cuts go into effect in march unless there is another deal. america will hit their borrowing limit at that time. congress cannot reach -- if congress cannot reach an agreement, consequences are severe. experts say that america faces a budget crisis like no other unless politicians can agree on those spending cuts and the increase in borrowing....
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because these are citizens that have paid taxes all their life and yet going around making excuses, i have all types of guns. you know, i'm not doing anything about it. and that's the issue here. >> yeah, and i would like, i want to point out that stop and frisk is a politically triggered wording. but the fact is, police departments, san francisco and oakland, they do it. and they do stop ask searches. >> they have the chp, the mayor brought the california highway patrol in and they're patrolling east and west oakland and pulling cars over for minor infractions and basically frisking them. >> that's the thing, a minor infraction first. with stop and frisk, the policy would be that you have the ability to stop and frisk a suspect just because you believe that they might be up to something. >> and some of that is going on. we just, we call it targeted enforcement. that's what they talked about. >> and the highway patrol has no problem doing that. >> but you're pulled over for something initially. >> the problem is that if oakland does it, the people get upset. but they bring in other ag
because these are citizens that have paid taxes all their life and yet going around making excuses, i have all types of guns. you know, i'm not doing anything about it. and that's the issue here. >> yeah, and i would like, i want to point out that stop and frisk is a politically triggered wording. but the fact is, police departments, san francisco and oakland, they do it. and they do stop ask searches. >> they have the chp, the mayor brought the california highway patrol in and...
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loopholes from these giant banks that do not pay any taxes it would solve the economy problem so it's just kind of the elephant in the room that i just have to keep pointing fingers that. where are going to i don't have magonet you have kind of a look at the change the change up in the administration and there's a lot of them let's go ahead and go over to the plasma and look at some of them first up one of the hallmarks of every president's second term is a change in the lineup not only does it bring new mines and new ideas to the forefront of the administration but it also gives a much needed our in our relax and rest and relax for those who have already served their. for years with president obama in the first term perhaps no one needs are and are more than. secretary of state hillary clinton in her first four years as a top u.s. diplomat she's flown over nine hundred sixty thousand miles to one hundred twelve countries now it looks like senator john kerry will replace her as the current chair of the senate foreign relations committee he has extensive foreign policy experience his c
loopholes from these giant banks that do not pay any taxes it would solve the economy problem so it's just kind of the elephant in the room that i just have to keep pointing fingers that. where are going to i don't have magonet you have kind of a look at the change the change up in the administration and there's a lot of them let's go ahead and go over to the plasma and look at some of them first up one of the hallmarks of every president's second term is a change in the lineup not only does it...
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first term he reached across the aisle and got tax cuts for everyone even though the united states senate switched majority control from republicans to democrats in may of his first year in office. then he worked across the aisle to get education reform done. it can happen, but it takes a president who is willing to be presidential and really lead rather than just demand. >> eric: do you think he can take a page from george w. bush. what did you advise the president at that time and what lessons from that experience that president obama can take as he enters into his second term? >> president bush had the advantage of being a governor where he had to work with other people on the other side of the aisle. he did that successfully in texas. when he got to washington, d.c. he was committed to govern the country, not just the one that demanded change. he wanted to work with the democrats and republicans to bring change to reality. he did a pretty good job of it. very first meeting that george w. bush had at the white house with people outside were leaders of the democratic party. he brought i
first term he reached across the aisle and got tax cuts for everyone even though the united states senate switched majority control from republicans to democrats in may of his first year in office. then he worked across the aisle to get education reform done. it can happen, but it takes a president who is willing to be presidential and really lead rather than just demand. >> eric: do you think he can take a page from george w. bush. what did you advise the president at that time and what...
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tax. you are going to learn about it tonight. please welcome roseanne demoro. he is now the dean of university of indiana school of public affairs out with a new book just now, the first i know of that gives suggestions and ideas -- specific public policy ideas he believed both the left and right can agree on. please welcome my friend john gramm. and she has a new assignment, just elected the congressional chair of the black caucus out of ohio. please welcome congresswoman marcia fudge. [applause] jeffrey, i want to start with you, in part because you have come the farthest, i guess you get to go first. i will keep you awake. i want to start, though -- i'm not the one that likes to use a bunch of statistics because they can be hard to follow. because this program right now is being seen live across the nation, i want to make sure that those watching can get a chance to contextualize what happened with the issue of poverty across the nation. these are issues that come from 1989. here's what
tax. you are going to learn about it tonight. please welcome roseanne demoro. he is now the dean of university of indiana school of public affairs out with a new book just now, the first i know of that gives suggestions and ideas -- specific public policy ideas he believed both the left and right can agree on. please welcome my friend john gramm. and she has a new assignment, just elected the congressional chair of the black caucus out of ohio. please welcome congresswoman marcia fudge....
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sales tax, correct? >> well, it's not quite. progressive is important to me, i don't want people to pay taxes if they have $20,000 a year worth of income. but at 30,000, i might like for people to pay $1. just $1. so they have a legitimate claim for saying, i'm part of the society, and i don't pay a lot, but i do pay something. everybody participates, and there's no game playing, it's a very efficient way to raise revenue. right now, it costs us $431 billion a year to administer the tax system we have, and the tax gap, the money we're not collecting that's theoretically owed is $400 billion a year. we could do better than that, we can think better than that. and the president needs to lay that out for us. >> even if we get more growth, we're still finding it difficult to get unemployment down. elaine cho served as george w. bush's secretary of labor. what would you do to create more jobs in america? >> i think you have to keep the tax rate low, they're a direct burden on the resources of the employer. th
sales tax, correct? >> well, it's not quite. progressive is important to me, i don't want people to pay taxes if they have $20,000 a year worth of income. but at 30,000, i might like for people to pay $1. just $1. so they have a legitimate claim for saying, i'm part of the society, and i don't pay a lot, but i do pay something. everybody participates, and there's no game playing, it's a very efficient way to raise revenue. right now, it costs us $431 billion a year to administer the tax...
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i've also said that we need more revenue through tax reform, by closing loopholes in our tax code for the wealthiest americans. if we combine a balanced package of savings from spending on health care and revenues from closing loopholes, we can solve the deficit issue without sacrificing our investments in things like education that are going to help us grow. turns out the american people agree with me. they listened to an entire year's debate over this issue and they made a clear decision about the approach they prefer. they don't think it's fair, for example, to ask a senior to pay more for his or her health care or a scientist to shut down life-saving research so that a multimillionaire investor can pay less in tax rates than a secretary. they don't think it's smart to protect endless corporate loopholes and tax breaks for the wealthiest americans rather than rebuild our roads and schools and invest in our worker's skills or help manufacturers bring jobs back to america. so they want us to get our books in order in a balanced way, where everybody pulls their weight, everyone does t
i've also said that we need more revenue through tax reform, by closing loopholes in our tax code for the wealthiest americans. if we combine a balanced package of savings from spending on health care and revenues from closing loopholes, we can solve the deficit issue without sacrificing our investments in things like education that are going to help us grow. turns out the american people agree with me. they listened to an entire year's debate over this issue and they made a clear decision...
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and then you have conservatives arguing since we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world and the rationale for why that works. live from an economic standpoint that produces more prosperity. what works under ronald reagan, how jack kennedy did it and have it worked. but you don't hear the same argument coming from this administration. they also can't come forward and have an honest discussion about what their objectives are. the increasing prosperity by unleashing the private sector overbearing, not reasonable but overbearing government regulations. we believe there is an unlimited ability for prosperity. the left believes it is a fixed amount. and everybody gets a slice of it. but you don't hear of a left articulating a response to that discussion because what obama wants to do is force the redistribution. and if honest about that, honest about his goals of not equalizing everyone but bringing them down and that is what happens when you try to equalize and come if he were to be honest about that and give a philosophical defense the american people would reject it resoundingl
and then you have conservatives arguing since we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world and the rationale for why that works. live from an economic standpoint that produces more prosperity. what works under ronald reagan, how jack kennedy did it and have it worked. but you don't hear the same argument coming from this administration. they also can't come forward and have an honest discussion about what their objectives are. the increasing prosperity by unleashing the private sector...
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as well on the tax cuts. the president agreed to extend the tax cuts, and even republicans privately said they were surprised they got a clean extension from him. there certainly is the impression the president compromise too much in his first term. that is why you see this different approach that we've been talking about since the beginning of a more aggressive, combat of obama, but also on obama that reaches out to the public to try to bring public pressure to bear on republicans, and who did that. president reagan did that. it is more of a model that reagan used. you will see him apply that to all of the issues in the pipeline. host: let me go back to something the president said in his address today. he talked about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. in terms of the tactics of moving ahead on the guns agenda, we also heard the president last week talking about the inalienable rights of the average american, and that includes protecting our children. you can see a different twist on the constitut
as well on the tax cuts. the president agreed to extend the tax cuts, and even republicans privately said they were surprised they got a clean extension from him. there certainly is the impression the president compromise too much in his first term. that is why you see this different approach that we've been talking about since the beginning of a more aggressive, combat of obama, but also on obama that reaches out to the public to try to bring public pressure to bear on republicans, and who did...
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raising taxes on the rich would balance the budget, it didn't. banning rifles with certain cosmetic features will prevent shootings, that's not true. and the real question is his motives and stated reasons don't make sense. people have a right to have answer and i don't know what it is. >> megyn: is it because he was born in kenya, a muslim, or the ability for like the bill clinton did, to break through and say i was born in hawaii. >> he is a different kind of president than we've ever seen. he's an african-american man, to start with. he's also a little bit more academic. he's one of those people that sort of internalizes and processes things before he comes out and states his policy. very different from president bush and clinton who were about nicknames and joked around a little bit, and more overt. and a man who has written two books about his life and vetted through two presidential campaigns and tucker working on campaigns, we go to great lengths to try to dig up any dirt we can, so i think there's much dirt to be found, but i will say thi
raising taxes on the rich would balance the budget, it didn't. banning rifles with certain cosmetic features will prevent shootings, that's not true. and the real question is his motives and stated reasons don't make sense. people have a right to have answer and i don't know what it is. >> megyn: is it because he was born in kenya, a muslim, or the ability for like the bill clinton did, to break through and say i was born in hawaii. >> he is a different kind of president than we've...
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the republicans wouldn't vote for tax increases for millionaires -- for tax increases for millionaires. you could do it on guns, you could do it on immigration. you have a lot of tough issues s and you force the republicans to make ugly votes and that's their strategy. that's their strategy to take control of the house. >> the premise of that scares enough republicans into enough action to get mobilized. >> look at what just happened. the republicans in the last day or so, punted on the debt ceiling. i think that was smart. but the reason they did it was they thought a trap had been set and if they didn't, they would look bad. i think that's what would have happened. but that's an idea what have chris is talking about. >> chris, brit, thank you. >> you have a leak in your roof, you if i can it, right? >> but what happens when the capitol building this has a lot of leaks? we'll show you, after the break. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generatio
the republicans wouldn't vote for tax increases for millionaires -- for tax increases for millionaires. you could do it on guns, you could do it on immigration. you have a lot of tough issues s and you force the republicans to make ugly votes and that's their strategy. that's their strategy to take control of the house. >> the premise of that scares enough republicans into enough action to get mobilized. >> look at what just happened. the republicans in the last day or so, punted on...
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i think in the end, that the president will pick off enough republicans as he did in the tax fight to be the winner. chris: let me ask you about this chuck hagel thing. a roundtable on this. will hagel get confirmed, john? >> i think so, yes. there's overwhelming deference for cabinet picks. chris: on the hill now? >> likely. look to democrats like chuck schumer as ways to read what's going on. chris: do you think -- he'll tell us a lot? >> yes. chris: and carden. some. other guys from big cities. >> i think he will come through in the end. >> yes, he will. but the people who might otherwise oppose him are going to get something out of it. i don't know what. chris: what about -- >> chuck schumer. >> not just chuck schumer. but other reassurances, for example, among the neo-cons. about iran, about israel, and so forth. you're going hear a lot more statements publicly from the president in order to make sure that hagel gets through. which he will. chris: let's go about the gun issue. which is very troubling to a lot of people. will we get a substantial package that looks like the n.r.a.
i think in the end, that the president will pick off enough republicans as he did in the tax fight to be the winner. chris: let me ask you about this chuck hagel thing. a roundtable on this. will hagel get confirmed, john? >> i think so, yes. there's overwhelming deference for cabinet picks. chris: on the hill now? >> likely. look to democrats like chuck schumer as ways to read what's going on. chris: do you think -- he'll tell us a lot? >> yes. chris: and carden. some. other...
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tax revenue, and to fight tax evasion. i forgot to mention the privatization program, which is also necessary. >> gentleman here in the third row. >> thank you. what is your insight on the chinese economy in terms of opportunities and challenges? what goals are on top of your agenda that you want to achieve in the new year it? thank you. >> global growth is not just the top of my agenda, it is on the top of the agenda of anyone who cares about the economy and jobs. growth is a very conducive factor. turning to china, i would certainly observe that there is continued significant and substantial growth expected out of china. i would observe there has been a rebalancing within the china economy with a focused on consumption rather than exports. i would observe that the currency of china has adjusted. my hope is that these trends we have observed continue into 2013 s and the new chinese leadership. >> thank you. >> how do you see the impact of what is happening in the arab countries on the economy is in the arab world? do you
tax revenue, and to fight tax evasion. i forgot to mention the privatization program, which is also necessary. >> gentleman here in the third row. >> thank you. what is your insight on the chinese economy in terms of opportunities and challenges? what goals are on top of your agenda that you want to achieve in the new year it? thank you. >> global growth is not just the top of my agenda, it is on the top of the agenda of anyone who cares about the economy and jobs. growth is a...
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. >> andrea: that is not important if we raise taxes on rich to talk about gun control. does it always have to be a dog-and-pony show? he used kids for the stimulus. now he is using kids again. it's just always a gimmick. never about the real policies. p.r. and how it looks. i will say this, i work for a republican memberbe. who had press conbe france using children once. the flak we took for it was incredible. >> dana: not worth it. >> andrea: there are not a lot of republicans that would do it since it happened. they remember it well. but there are two set of rules, bob. one for the democrats and one for republicans. >> dana: it's like saying well, we care for children and you don't. >> bob: obama is the first person to use people as backdrop for the press? give me a break. you could be bipartisan if the republicans come forward for gun control. >> eric: again you want to get to gun control discussion. stay on this for a few more minutes. really, using kids. >> bob: really, using kids. >> eric: using kids who are family, surrounding the victims of the newtown, connecti
. >> andrea: that is not important if we raise taxes on rich to talk about gun control. does it always have to be a dog-and-pony show? he used kids for the stimulus. now he is using kids again. it's just always a gimmick. never about the real policies. p.r. and how it looks. i will say this, i work for a republican memberbe. who had press conbe france using children once. the flak we took for it was incredible. >> dana: not worth it. >> andrea: there are not a lot of...
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the administration has announced that its transitioning its campaign apparatus into a tax exempt group called organizing for action. that's the new name for what was once called obama for america. the goal, according to politico, is to play an active role in support of the president's agenda. >> the president has the most exciting campaign apparatus ever built. it's time to turn that loose. it's time to turn that loose for something more than just an election, right? if the nra has got a list, then obama for america has a bigger list. >> i'm not sure what they think of that at the dnc, that all of a sudden this entity is going to have perpetual life. >> let's be really clear about this. the dnc is always an extension of the president who is in office. what's interesting about this, and i talked to people who are engaged in this today, and it's still very much in definition. but this is where the answer to your question comes. because if ofa becomes a very effective force as regards legislation, then you begin to define the democratic party based on a legislative agenda which, as the ma
the administration has announced that its transitioning its campaign apparatus into a tax exempt group called organizing for action. that's the new name for what was once called obama for america. the goal, according to politico, is to play an active role in support of the president's agenda. >> the president has the most exciting campaign apparatus ever built. it's time to turn that loose. it's time to turn that loose for something more than just an election, right? if the nra has got a...
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how much is going to be tax increases. how much is going to be spending cuts. definitely going to do that when it comes to gun control. i'm told you will see a very aggressive in effect national campaign by the president and vice president going out and appealing to various constituent groups. red state and quite frankly a lot of red state democrats are up for reelection to the senate in 2014. he has to put pressure on them. immigration reform trying to mobilize hispanic voters in some of the key states. i think you will see it on a variety of issues, the whole legislative agenda the president is going to play an inside game but you a much more active outside game as well. >> take a listen to a little bit of more of your interview with david plouffe on "fox news sunday." >> if you look at president regan he accomplished tax reform. there was good second term accomplishments. a few things. one it is not like we are roaming around the white house looking for things to do. on immigration, gun safety, deficit reduction. we have a pretty stacked agenda here and i th
how much is going to be tax increases. how much is going to be spending cuts. definitely going to do that when it comes to gun control. i'm told you will see a very aggressive in effect national campaign by the president and vice president going out and appealing to various constituent groups. red state and quite frankly a lot of red state democrats are up for reelection to the senate in 2014. he has to put pressure on them. immigration reform trying to mobilize hispanic voters in some of the...
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self imposed out costs from society i will attack myself am i going to tax my brother understand my contacts my own immediate cause going to be basically attacked the columns of my anger and my frustration. that they got upgraded well into the shadows. two of the most violent gangs in u.s. history. as a stall model kill or be killed with the colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimate.
self imposed out costs from society i will attack myself am i going to tax my brother understand my contacts my own immediate cause going to be basically attacked the columns of my anger and my frustration. that they got upgraded well into the shadows. two of the most violent gangs in u.s. history. as a stall model kill or be killed with the colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimate.
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if it copes up a neil: tax hikes you canning in, job cuts, well with, piling up. the president claiming we really don't have a spending problem in this country. what a wk. now the flu is threatening to make an already-sick economy even weaker. we've got business owner, toma here on the medical and financial hit respectively. doctor, to you first. how bad does this get? >> this bug is going to cost big bucks. the last time wead a flu epidemic like this it cost us about $100 million in lost days, $7 billion in lost compensation, and the cdc is projecting that just the direct medical costs alone from this flu epidemic could cost over $10 billion. neil: all right, you're talking about the center or for disease control. but i want to know, why is it so bad, doctor? why is it as bad as it is? are these shots not working? is it a different strain of flu that's grown? >> yeah, couple of things. this particular flu strain, h3n2, is associated with more complications than previous strains of the flu. sometimes people who initially have flu symptoms and then actually get wor
if it copes up a neil: tax hikes you canning in, job cuts, well with, piling up. the president claiming we really don't have a spending problem in this country. what a wk. now the flu is threatening to make an already-sick economy even weaker. we've got business owner, toma here on the medical and financial hit respectively. doctor, to you first. how bad does this get? >> this bug is going to cost big bucks. the last time wead a flu epidemic like this it cost us about $100 million in lost...
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he did allude to rewriting the tax code. something that perhaps democrats and republicans have been talking about doing. two very different approaches on how to do that. there is a sense of togetherness, neil, that tends to go away when you get back into governing. now, that continues to roll into governing the country. it is not easy. neil: it is very clear that this president has the support of the american people, although, his popularity is not as high as many who come into their second term. george bush had a higher approval rating. certainly, dwight eisenhower did. richard nixon did. we are reminded, it is rare that it goes up markedly from there. it usually stays or goes down. what do you hear he will do to keep that capital going? >> back capital, as you say, tends to go, depending on how the country goes. if the economy is improving, the president will take a measure of credit for that. he has shown some willingness, at least, in some areas to compromise. the problem is much of the same themes you are still hearing
he did allude to rewriting the tax code. something that perhaps democrats and republicans have been talking about doing. two very different approaches on how to do that. there is a sense of togetherness, neil, that tends to go away when you get back into governing. now, that continues to roll into governing the country. it is not easy. neil: it is very clear that this president has the support of the american people, although, his popularity is not as high as many who come into their second...
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. >> stop cap and tax! stop cap and tax. >> meanwhile, across the country, a new political force was mobilizing, the tea party movement, who aimed to push the government further to the right. >> stop spending money, now. >> in the 2010 midterm elections, the republicans, many backed by the tea party, won the house and weakened the democrats in the senate. most of these freshman came to washington now, not to meet and negotiate, but to demolish a government they saw as bloated, rotten, tyrannical. >> the reason we came here, the new freshman are here, is because the american people said, enough. >> can you hear us now? can you hear us now? >> sometimes the opposition to the president took an uglier, even racist tone. false claims first heard during the campaign reemerged, questioning obama's religion, denying he was born in the country. >> he is not an american citizen! he is a citizen of kenya! >> did it surprise you that at this point in our history, they would try to de-americanize this guy? did it surpri
. >> stop cap and tax! stop cap and tax. >> meanwhile, across the country, a new political force was mobilizing, the tea party movement, who aimed to push the government further to the right. >> stop spending money, now. >> in the 2010 midterm elections, the republicans, many backed by the tea party, won the house and weakened the democrats in the senate. most of these freshman came to washington now, not to meet and negotiate, but to demolish a government they saw as...
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so-called fiscal cliff approach where they were talking about cutting military spending and raising some taxes he negotiated and did not make major cuts to the military so i'm hopeful but still skeptical and you know certainly if we keep having economic struggles here and making more enemies around the world it will be more and more important you know we may be forced to cut our military at a time when we didn't want to. well the president has a five to one i quote promote democracy from asia to africa from the americas to the middle east that what methods to expect to see and on which countries. you know it's it's almost embarrassing you know as an american i have trouble keeping track of where our troops are these days where were intervening and so for me to try and predict where it's happening not to mention that there are secret operations going on around the world. do we have our troops in over one hundred countries and we must we intervene in the election processes in other places so there's not really any real. activity to do things other than militarily i'm a libertarian the way i'd li
so-called fiscal cliff approach where they were talking about cutting military spending and raising some taxes he negotiated and did not make major cuts to the military so i'm hopeful but still skeptical and you know certainly if we keep having economic struggles here and making more enemies around the world it will be more and more important you know we may be forced to cut our military at a time when we didn't want to. well the president has a five to one i quote promote democracy from asia...
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we've got to streamline some of the complex tax codes. to me it's much more of a balancing than what he portrayed. nonetheless he portrayed and continuing progress of taking collective action to do things together. >> ifill: when he talked about that we could not... we cannot mistake absolutism for principle. it sounded to me like he was speaking to the tea party >> he was. that's one of the criticisms of the speech was he did not speak adequately to the 48% of the people who didn't support him. some of the remarks he made didn't set their... did set their teeth on edge. i didn't feel... i thought that the president, i thought his tone was not hectoring or lecturing or sermonizing. >> ifill: maybe tone matters more >> i think tone does matter. i really do. i thought it was done with a smile. i think that's so important. and i was just struck just that, a little history, i mean, we're told that we're more a secular nation, fewer and fewer people, you know, go to church or belong to a church or whatever. but this is an openly religious even
we've got to streamline some of the complex tax codes. to me it's much more of a balancing than what he portrayed. nonetheless he portrayed and continuing progress of taking collective action to do things together. >> ifill: when he talked about that we could not... we cannot mistake absolutism for principle. it sounded to me like he was speaking to the tea party >> he was. that's one of the criticisms of the speech was he did not speak adequately to the 48% of the people who didn't...
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we got no tax cuts. we're kicking the can down the road, and unless these people really start to get serious about this, we are going to be talking about this for the whole next four years and the country is only going to get worse and basically that's it. both parties have either got to come to the table and they have got to make meaningful cuts and get meaningful revenue to get out of this problem. thank you. host: and that will be it as far as calls for this segment. let me tell you what's coming up in the program. you have been watching the white house. this week president obama as part of his proposal on gun violence had a study on violent video games and cheryl olson the author of "grand theft childhood." later john lott will join us. he is the author of "more guns, less crime." he will be on to talk about the president's proposal to reduce gun violence. all throughout the district of columbia we have our c-span photographers out there taking in photos and event it's leading up to the inauguration.
we got no tax cuts. we're kicking the can down the road, and unless these people really start to get serious about this, we are going to be talking about this for the whole next four years and the country is only going to get worse and basically that's it. both parties have either got to come to the table and they have got to make meaningful cuts and get meaningful revenue to get out of this problem. thank you. host: and that will be it as far as calls for this segment. let me tell you what's...
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we could have had a speech today for 40 minutes on retrenchment, what programs we can cut or what taxes we can cut. that's not his line of country, and i don't think he benefits from that. as the congressman said, from a continuous conversation about how we can cut the government. what kind of a presidency would that be for the next four years. he has to get back to talking about the areas where we can get something done like immigration, tax reform. even the immigration parts that brings in all sorts of people. but he also has at deep seated opposition to war which i think is refreshing from the previous administration. >> chris -- >> i think that's the vice president just shaking hands with al roker of the "today" show. >> he's done it. >> i didn't see al. >> tamron? >> i love it. maybe he could have got us a really good get there. >> we're not very far from -- we're just past the white house, and they were still out of the vehicle, and i have to tell you, rachel, at one point we witnessed the first lady with a literal bounce in her step. they are soaking this in and really enjoying t
we could have had a speech today for 40 minutes on retrenchment, what programs we can cut or what taxes we can cut. that's not his line of country, and i don't think he benefits from that. as the congressman said, from a continuous conversation about how we can cut the government. what kind of a presidency would that be for the next four years. he has to get back to talking about the areas where we can get something done like immigration, tax reform. even the immigration parts that brings in...
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they could say we'll do it differently, taxes, spending. it's less than $1.2 trillion. they have the power of negotiation over that or else that kicks in automatically. or the continuing resolution that funds the government is going to expire at the end of march. so again, republicans and they did this in early 2011 a couple of times. republicans could walk up to the line to shut the government down for a few days if the demand aren't met and tried in it 1995. these are the leverage points, none of this is healthy for governance but talking about using the debt ceiling for leverage, you're talking about completely and totally changing the basic norms of how congressional parties behave and flirting with economic catastrophe so the challenge for john boehner and the republicans who do at a certain level know better try somehow to get the republican caucus to fix on the sequester an the continuing resolution and not make it about the debt ceiling. >> let's hear from the world's foremost expert on the politically disastrous consequences of shutting down the government, new
they could say we'll do it differently, taxes, spending. it's less than $1.2 trillion. they have the power of negotiation over that or else that kicks in automatically. or the continuing resolution that funds the government is going to expire at the end of march. so again, republicans and they did this in early 2011 a couple of times. republicans could walk up to the line to shut the government down for a few days if the demand aren't met and tried in it 1995. these are the leverage points,...
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that's not going to change the course of the country unless you have comprehensive tax reform that dealt with the fact that we are becoming a nation of inequals. like on the eve of the great depression. >> certainly i would agree with that. i would also disagree with part of it, because it has been shown that enough people do care about that wealth and equality because he did win as a not terribly popular president in a reelection. but one of the other things is the who issue of guns. i don't remember and i don't have the breadth of knowledge that you do but i don't seem to remember a -- an issue like what he is having to do now or has chosen to do now with guns being sort of gifted to him -- or to a president at the beginning of a second term. that gives him a bit of momentum that i don't remember -- momentum going into the second term that few presidents have had. >> i think that is exactly right. very few presidents have had good momentum going into the second term. we saw it even with franklin roosevelt and other presidents as we know have stumbled through the first couple of years o
that's not going to change the course of the country unless you have comprehensive tax reform that dealt with the fact that we are becoming a nation of inequals. like on the eve of the great depression. >> certainly i would agree with that. i would also disagree with part of it, because it has been shown that enough people do care about that wealth and equality because he did win as a not terribly popular president in a reelection. but one of the other things is the who issue of guns. i...
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tax rolls. barbara taxes, business licensees, -- property taxes, business licensees. abortion or the unemployment rate decrease down to 7.4%. -- we have seen our unemployment rate decreased down to 7.4%. a great focus on regionalism. host: with so much talk about the debt and deficit, cities often do that by floating bonds. explain how that works in mesa, arizona. guest: we do not go into debt to cover deficits. mostwe get our fiscal cliff literally three and four years ago. we had to figure it out on a cash basis counterbalance our budget. westreets, police stations, mainly some work, water, those kinds of things. these are financed with tax- exempt invisible bonds. hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars. one of the proposals that does not seem to want to die is to somehow tinker or eliminate the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds. this is extremely important to us. you are talking about the basic financing infrastructure itself of cities and states. that is huge. mesa is not a hea
tax rolls. barbara taxes, business licensees, -- property taxes, business licensees. abortion or the unemployment rate decrease down to 7.4%. -- we have seen our unemployment rate decreased down to 7.4%. a great focus on regionalism. host: with so much talk about the debt and deficit, cities often do that by floating bonds. explain how that works in mesa, arizona. guest: we do not go into debt to cover deficits. mostwe get our fiscal cliff literally three and four years ago. we had to figure it...